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[ moun-ting ] / ˈmaʊn tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mounting ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person or thing that mounts. something that serves as a mount, support, setting, or the like: a new mounting for an heirloom jewel. Origin of mountinglate Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at mount1, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM mountingun·mount·ing, adjectiveWords nearby mountingmounted, mounter, Mount Everest, Mount Gambier, Mountie, mounting, mounting-block, Mount Isa, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mountlake Terrace, Mount Lebanon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mountingConfusion about who is financially backing the project is mounting. China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution|Nina Lakhani|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Political pressure was mounting tonight from veteran Conservative politicians on Cameron to take much tougher action against IS. Will The Latest ISIS Beheading Move Britain To Tougher Action?|Jamie Dettmer|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST But those two identifications are still subjects of debate, a problem that adds to the suspense now mounting at Amphipolis. Is This Alexander the Great’s Tomb?|James Romm|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST None are mounting an “attack on the family and the marriage.” The Hateful Pastor All Too Happy to Be Left Behind When It Comes to Gays|Jay Michaelson|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But how long that support will last is an open question, given the civilian casualties that are mounting from this Gaza war. Israel Tells Hamas: You Can Keep Your Rockets|Eli Lake, Josh Rogin|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST They seem, those unhallowed pagan alcoves, mounting stage by stage toward the skies, like some blasphemous insinuation. Summer Days in Shakespeare Land|Charles G. Harper Jessie, he saw, had wheeled her machine into the road and was mounting. The Wheels of Chance|H. G. Wells The invention consists in mounting the leading axle in a ball and long socket, the socket being rotated in fixed bearings. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303|Various The lured became more reckless, mounting the logs to Queex's post in sudden darts. The work of transferring the armament, and mounting the guns, was very laborious. The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
British Dictionary definitions for mounting
nounanother word for mount 1 (def. 13) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mountingescalate, rise, soar, arise, go up, intensify, build, heighten, expand, prepare, fit, set up, produce, install, stage, scale, ascend, back, up, lift |